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Prisoner native of Ingushetia will receive medical assistance after torture
Human rights
Prisoner native of Ingushetia will receive medical assistance after torture
17 May 2023

After a long time, human rights activists cooperating with the "Public Verdict" fund managed to get medical assistance to a native of Ingushetia, Abdul-Malik Albagachiev. He was kept under torture conditions in colony No. 10 of Astrakhan.

Court upholds fine for stand-up comedian from North Ossetia for anti-war posts
Human rights
Court upholds fine for stand-up comedian from North Ossetia for anti-war posts
17 May 2023

The Fifth Court of Cassation upheld a fine of 50 thousand rubles for stand-up comic Ariana Lolaeva for an anti-war post. This was reported by the Center for the Protection of Human Rights "Memorial".

Human rights activists achieved treatment for a prisoner from Ingushetia in an Astrakhan colony
Human rights
Human rights activists achieved treatment for a prisoner from Ingushetia in an Astrakhan colony
16 May 2023

On May 16, the Nazran District Court imposed a fine on two Astrakhan colonies - IK-8 and IK-10 - for failing to provide the requested materials on disciplinary proceedings against prisoner Abdul-Malik Albagachiev. According to human rights activists who went to court, he was denied treatment and was wrongfully placed in a punishment cell.

In Adygea, a serviceman was sentenced to five and a half years in prison for completing his contract service
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In Adygea, a serviceman was sentenced to five and a half years in prison for completing his contract service
16 May 2023

Maikop garrison military court sentenced serviceman Gurgen Hakobyan to 5.5 years in a penal colony. He was found guilty of leaving the military unit without permission during the period of mobilization.

Sentenced to 11 years, an elderly Crimean Tatar political prisoner suffers from many diseases
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Sentenced to 11 years, an elderly Crimean Tatar political prisoner suffers from many diseases
16 May 2023

65-year-old Crimean Tatar political prisoner and former music teacher Zekirya Muratov suffers from high blood pressure and heart failure. He is an invalid of the 3rd group and has gone through many operations.

In Vienna picketed in support of the natives of Chechnya, who do not want to fight against Ukraine
Human rights
In Vienna picketed in support of the natives of Chechnya, who do not want to fight against Ukraine
16 May 2023

The day before, in the capital of Austria, more than 20 people took part in a rally in support of the natives of Chechnya, who are fleeing Russian mobilization for the war with Ukraine. The participants asked the authorities of the country and representatives of the OSCE to provide asylum to emigrants.

France deports Chechen refugee, but not to Russia
Human rights
France deports Chechen refugee, but not to Russia
15 May 2023

The administrative court of Paris partially satisfied the complaint of a Chechen refugee who challenged the decision of the French Ministry of Internal Affairs to deport him to Russia.

In Vienna they supported conscientious objectors fleeing mobilization
Human rights
In Vienna they supported conscientious objectors fleeing mobilization
15 May 2023

On May 15, the International Day of Conscientious Objectors to Military Service, activists from the unrecognized Chechen Republic of Ichkeria in Austria held a picket demanding asylum for Chechens fleeing mobilization in their homeland.

Azerbaijani political prisoners continue to starve and be tortured
Human rights
Azerbaijani political prisoners continue to starve and be tortured
15 May 2023

Zamin Salayev, an activist of the opposition Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, was transferred from a pre-trial detention center to a medical institution of the Ministry of Justice after he fell into a coma.

Crimean Tatar political prisoner regularly placed in strict conditions of detention
Human rights
Crimean Tatar political prisoner regularly placed in strict conditions of detention
15 May 2023

Since April 26, Crimean Tatar political prisoner Server Zekiryaev has been in a cell-type room with a stricter regime of detention in IK No. 1 in the city of Donskoy, Tula Region.